Atlanta Falcons CBs Robert McClain, Javier Arenas and Josh Wilson will continue their battle for the nickelback role during the team's preseason finale Thursday, Aug. 28, according to head coach Mike Smith. "I don't really want to talk about who's going to get the first look, but all three are going to play," Smith said. "I don't think you can read into who gets the first snaps. It's going to be a matter of guys getting an opportunity to go out there and compete. We will put them in much quicker in the ball game then we have in the previous weeks. They won't take a whole half. It will be rotations by series."

Arizona Cardinals impending free-agent CBs Javier Arenas and Bryan McCann might return to the team, but they will likely be brought back only on cheap deals. It is believed the team could easily replace them with a deep free agent class.

Kansas City Chiefs defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel said Friday, Dec. 2, that CB Javier Arenas has shown the most improvement defensively the past two weeks. "When he was facing (New England Patriots WR Wes Welker)," Crennel said of Arenas, "he had to make a concentrated effort to up his game, and I think he did that. And I think it carried over to last week, and hopefully it'll keep carrying over."

Kansas City Chiefs CB Javier Arenas lined up in the Wildcat formation in Week 7 against the Oakland Raiders, and he scored on a seven-yard rush. "I never pursued it. I'm just doing what I'm called to do: Whatever coach wants me to do, that's what I'm going to do," Arenas said.

Kansas City Chiefs FS Eric Berry and CB Javier Arenas sat out of the team portion of one of the team's minicamp practices, according to Adam Teicher, of The Kansas City Star. Head coach Todd Haley acknowledged that the two players came to the team with pre-existing conditions, which the team is monitoring. Berry suffered a toe injury during a pre-draft workout and Arenas injured his hamstring during the Scouting Combine.